Member (Jury) Selection in General Courts Martial

I was recently asked by the American Society of Trial Consultants (ASTC) to guest post on their“Deliberations” blog and here is the result.

IN A WORLD . . .

where the convening authority selects the entire pool of potential panel members . . .

where the defense and prosecution each have potentially only one peremptory challenge, even in a death penalty case . . .

where challenges for cause are the only realistic method for removing potentially biased members . . .

No this is not the recent movie by the same name, IN A WORLD . . . , that opened in movie theaters last month. This is the world of general courts martial under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ). . . . For the remainder of the post, click here.

September 9th, 2013|

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